Source: Seattle Times
WASHINGTON — The escalating insurgency in Afghanistan is being spearheaded by a trio of warlords who came to prominence in the CIA-backed war to oust the Soviets but who now direct attacks against U.S. forces from safe havens in Pakistan, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials.
Groups led by the three veteran mujahedeen […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen Wednesday reiterated Washington respects Pakistan’s sovereignty after a row sparked by recent cross-border raids by US forces based in Afghanistan.
Mullen held talks with Pakistan’s top army official and the prime minister amid tensions over US raids on tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, known hideouts of Taliban […]

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Source: The Wall Street Journal
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — On the eve of a meeting with the top U.S. military commander, Pakistan said its soldiers had orders to fire on American troops if they entered from Afghanistan on raids.
Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, Pakistan’s chief military spokesman, said such an event would be unlikely — a signal of […]

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Source: Kansas City
Pakistani troops opened fire Monday on U.S. forces who were trying to enter the country’s lawless tribal area, local officials said, marking a dangerous further deterioration in relations between the allies in the war on terrorism.
Both armies - and the Pentagon - denied that the reported incident had occurred, but local security officials […]

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Source: TPM Muckraker
It was just one month after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
U.S. forces were poised to invade Afghanistan in just a few weeks.
Gen. Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan was getting a lot of pressure from the White House to cooperate with the newly declared War on Terror. And he wanted a few favors […]

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Source: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s state news agency says a roadside bomb has struck an oil tanker carrying fuel for U.S.-led coalition forces in neighboring Afghanistan. No one was hurt.
The Associated Press of Pakistan says the truck “burst into flames” after the explosion Tuesday near Peshawar, a city near the Afghan border.
The tanker […]

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Source: Dawn News
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: So far the US-led forces in Afghanistan have no plan for crossing into Pakistan to target Al Qaeda or Taliban hideouts, says a senior US military commander.

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Source: International Herald Tribune
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan reiterated Sunday that it will not let American forces hunt al-Qaida and Taliban militants on its soil, after a news report said Washington was considering expanding U.S. military and intelligence operations into Pakistan’s tribal regions.

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